‘It’s the Demeaning Treatment, but Also the Failure to Take Action’
“It is not too much to ask that we could have intersectional justice in the space where right now we have intersectional oppression.”
Lisa Graves on the Fight for the Post Office, Stevana Sims on Defending Anti-Racist Education
Though the Postal Service has always been a public good, its current leaders seem intent on driving it into the ground.
Missing and Murdered People of Color an Afterthought to Gabby Petito’s Case
In the wake of the Petito case, conversations about missing people of color have finally entered the national spotlight.
‘That’s the Biggest Lie, That We Started Out Great and We’ve Been Getting Better Ever Since’
“If you’ve got a Confederate statue at your county seat…I think it’s easier for you to grow up with a Confederate mindset.”
‘We Can’t Fight for Racial Justice if We Can’t Learn About Racial Injustice’
CRT is “just a pathway to unearthing the ways in which our society has structured racial inequality into its everyday institutions, practices and policy priorities.”
The Far Right’s Manufactured Meaning of Critical Race Theory
Right-Wing commentators have deliberately manufactured a set of caricatures to make the public—mainly the white public—feel threatened.
Luke Harris on Critical Race Theory, Cindy Cohn on Pegasus Spyware
Media have misinformed the public about a campaign whose own architects say is about disinforming, confusing and inflaming people.
‘If Police Made Asian Americans Safe, We’d Already Be Safe’
“To address anti-Asian violence at its roots, the US must reckon with the history of violence in our immigration policies, and the wars across Asia.”
The Two Big Lies of WSJ’s Attack on Critical Race Theory
The point of the backlash campaign is to arrest the recent movement toward teaching about the United States’ “difficult” racial history,
Bianca Nozaki-Nasser on Anti-Asian Bias
Media’s prescription of law enforcement as the primary response is called by many Asian Americans a problem presenting itself as a solution,
How Not to Cover Critical Race Theory
Mainstream corporate media have given far too much space and legitimacy to the right’s focus on white victimhood.
Tulsa: ‘A Cover-Up Happens Because the Powers That Be Are Implicated’
“When we think about white power structures in our society…the media companies are a part of that system.”
Joseph Torres on Media & Tulsa Massacre
Journalism has been central to public reckoning with the Tulsa massacre ever since that late May night 100 years ago.
Conservative Jewish Journalists Use False Claims of Censorship to Try to Silence Critics
The signers hold up robust Jewish debate as their guiding tradition, when what they really want is for their ideas to go unchallenged in the marketplace of ideas.
‘We Need to Mobilize People Who Don’t Want to Pay Tucker Carlson’s Salary’
“A lot of the policies that have been put in place seem really backward; they take choice out of the hands of consumers—whether it’s choice for an internet connection, whether it’s a choice for the type of cable stations that you subscribe to—and they put them in the hands of these large companies, who have far too much control over the ways that we connect and communicate.”
Tim Karr on Paying for Fox News Racism, Lynn Parramore on Hedge Funds vs. Green New Deal
Tucker Carlson spews harmful nonsense like it’s his job, which it is, and he gets some $10 million a year from it—but did you know that, if you have cable, you’re paying into that income?
‘The System for Building Wealth Is Designed for White Wealth’
“The notion that you have to have a law say, “We discriminate against Black people,” before we can find the law actually discriminates against Black people, defies logic and history.”
Dorothy A. Brown and Amy Hanauer on Tax Unfairness
While recognizing that it’s not the sole source of inequality, there are things we can do about blatant, enduring and powerful unfairness in US tax policy.
Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism When They Join in Cold War Against China
Western news outlets have deceptively omitted the centrality of media-promoted Sinophobia to the latest spike in hate crimes toward anyone perceived to be Chinese.
Atlanta Murders Reporting Relied on Law Enforcement Narratives
At local and national levels, the initial media response focused primarily on the gunman’s story and police statements.
